There's been no let up in violence in Iraq. Officials confirm that four Egyptians working for a mobile phone company have been kidnapped in western Baghdad.

On Sunday, gunmen also shot dead an Iraqi contractor, believed to have been working with the US military. Meanwhile, a group calling itself "The Islamic Movement of Iraqi Mojahideen" released a video of an American humvee being hit by explosives. In a separate attack in Karbala, a suicide car bomber struck a US convoy south of the city, destroying a US vehicle. Eyewitnesses said no one was killed or injured. Separately, about 2000 Shia residents took to the streets, protesting violence from Iraqi militants and arrests carried out by Iraqi security forces.

(CCTV.com February 7, 2005)